#AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness

Gary Vaynerchuk-the inspiring and unconventional entrepreneur who introduced us to the concept of crush it-knows how to get things done, have fun, and be massively successful. A marketing and business genius, Gary had the foresight to go beyond traditional methods and use social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to reach an untapped audience that continues to grow.

A pioneer of content marketing, Joe Pulizzi has cracked the code when it comes to the power of content in a world where marketers still hold fast to traditional models that no longer work. In Content Inc., he breaks down the business-startup process into six steps, making it simple for you to visualize, launch, and monetize your own business.

The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks Than Others Do in 12 Months

Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a 12-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your "year" to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn't enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now.

Key Person of Influence: The Five-Step Method to Become One of the Most Highly Valued and Highly Paid People in Your Industry

Every industry revolves around Key People of Influence. Their names come up in conversation. They attract opportunities. They earn more money. Many people think it takes decades of hard work, academic qualifications and a generous measure of good luck to become a Key Person of Influence. This audiobook shows you that there is a five-step strategy for fast-tracking your way to the inner circle of the industry you love. Your ability to succeed depends on your ability to influence. Start now by listening to this audiobook.

Shane Lukas says:"A must hear/read book in order to survive and thrive in the 21st century"

Contagious: Why Things Catch On

Why do some products get more word of mouth than others? Why does some online content go viral? Word of mouth makes products, ideas, and behaviors catch on. It's more influential than advertising and far more effective. Can you create word of mouth for your product or idea? According to Berger, you can. Whether you operate a neighborhood restaurant, a corporation with hundreds of employees, or are running for a local office for the first time, the steps that can help your product or idea become viral are the same.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Popular blogger Cal Newport reveals the new key to achieving success and true meaning in professional life: the ability to master distraction. Many modern knowledge workers now spend most of their brain power battling distraction and interruption, whether because of the incessant pinging of devices, noisy open-plan offices or the difficulty of deciding what deserves their attention the most. When Cal Newport coined the term deep work on his popular blog, Study Hacks, in 2012, he found the concept quickly hit a nerve.

Ask: The Counterintuitive Online Formula to Discover Exactly What Your Customers Want to Buy...Create a Mass of Raving Fans...and Take Any Business to the Next Level

The "mind-reading" system that is revolutionizing online business. Do you know how to find out what people really want to buy? (Not what you think they want, not what they say they want, but what they really want?) The secret is asking the right questions - and the right questions are not what you might expect. Ask is based on the compelling premise that you should never have to guess what your prospects and customers are thinking.

Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You

Don't fight for customers; let them fight over you! Have you ever queued for a restaurant? Preordered something months in advance? Fought for tickets that sell out in a day? Had a hairdresser with a six-month waiting list? There are people who don't chase clients; clients chase them. In a world of endless choices, why does this happen? Why do people queue up? Why do they pay more? Why will they book months in advance? Why are these people and products in such high demand?

Life Leverage: How to Get More Done in Less Time, Outsource Everything & Create Your Ideal Mobile Lifestyle

The Life Leverage philosophy is a way of living your life to get more done in less time, outsource everything and create your ideal mobile lifestyle. It is a way of thinking, feeling, deciding, doing, and then getting the results and feedback accordingly to build momentum and get closer to your vision and legacy.

Steal the Show: From Speeches to Job Interviews to Deal-Closing Pitches, How to Guarantee a Standing Ovation for All the Performances in Your Life

Every day there are moments when you must persuade, inform, and motivate others effectively. Each of those moments requires you, in some way, to play a role, to heighten the impact of your words, and to manage your emotions and nerves. Every interaction is a performance, whether you're speaking up in a meeting, pitching a client, or walking into a job interview.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change

In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distil vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.

Elon Musk

South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey, Jr. The personal tale of Musk's life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story.

The Entrepreneur's Blueprint to Massive Success: Create an Exceptional Lifestyle While Doing Business on Your Terms

All of us start out with the desire and the potential to live remarkable lives. But along the way something happens.... We start to accept mediocrity. But there is a way to live life on your own terms. And entrepreneur Peter Voogd wants to show you how....

Everybody Writes is a go-to guide to attracting and retaining customers through stellar online communication, because in our content-driven world, every one of us is, in fact, a writer. If you have a web site, you are a publisher. If you are on social media, you are in marketing. And that means that we are all relying on our words to carry our marketing messages. We are all writers.

The Content Code: Six Essential Strategies to Ignite Your Content, Your Marketing, and Your Business

Mark W. Schaefer, college educator, consultant, and best-selling author of five marketing books including Social Media Explained and The Tao of Twitter, has delivered a path-finding book exploring the six factors that will help you break through the overwhelming wall of information density to win at marketing now...beyond content, beyond social media, beyond web traffic and Search Engine Optimization. The Content Code starts where your current marketing plan ends, and provides the launch code for next-level success.

Epic Content Marketing: How to Tell a Different Story, Break through the Clutter, and Win More Customers by Marketing Less

How do you cut through the noise, commotion, and bad information that is right now cluttering up your customers' digital space? Epic Content Marketing. One of the world's leading experts on content marketing, Joe Pulizzi explains how to draw prospects and customers in by creating information and content they actually want to engage with. No longer can we interrupt our customers with mediocre content (and sales messages) our customers don't care about. Epic Content Marketing takes you step by step through the process of developing stories that inform and entertain and compel customers to act - without actually telling them to.

Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World

To be successful in the market today, you must possess two strategic assets: a compelling product and a meaningful platform. In this step-by-step guide, Michael Hyatt, former CEO and current Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers, takes readers behind the scenes, into the new world of social media success. He shows you what best-selling authors, public speakers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and other creative minds are doing differently to win customers in today's crowded marketplace.

Publisher's Summary

Have you ever considered creating your very own podcast? Podcast Launch will take you through the entire process, from step one to step done. These tutorials will make your podcast experience enjoyable and stress free.

The author, John Lee Dumas, is the founder and host of the top ranked business podcast, Entrepreneur On Fire. Entrepreneur On Fire generates over 150,000 unique downloads every single month in over 140 countries. Entrepreneur On Fire's lineup consists of Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Barbara Corcoran, Gary Vaynerchuk, Chris Brogan, MJ DeMarco, and over 170 others.

In Podcast Launch, John Lee Dumas shares how he turned an idea into a red-hot podcast that inspires thousands of people daily. It started with an 'AHA' moment, and passion has guided him ever since. John shares the lessons he learned so you can take advantage of all his victories and learn from all of his failures. Your final result will be a podcast of your own, and it will be amazing!

If you are interested in how anyone sets up a podcast and publishes it then why not learn from the juggernaut that is John Le Dumas.In less than a year, John has taken an unknown podcast Entrepreneur on Fire to the top of the charts and most importantly kept it there.And keeping it there seems to be the thing that people struggle with. And of course this is where the money is.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Podcast Launch?

The writer goes into basics, but also gives you a few tips that I haven't seen anywhere else such as how to categorise your podcast three times in ITunes.

This book provided the best "how-to" guide to starting the podcast you have wanted to start. John walks you through the process from concept to technology to publishing it on iTunes. He provides resources, guides, communities and tells you how he has successfully launched his podcast. If you busy this book, you also get the amazing video tutorials which are certainly worth the price of the book if not more.

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Jason

San Francisco, CA, United States

25/09/13

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"Great source for a beginner"

What did you love best about Podcast Launch?

Easy to understand for a newbie. It gave me some tips to get me past some of the humps that are necessary to get my podcast launched and sounding good.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Justin

LOUISVILLE, KY, United States

22/09/13

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"Thanks for the help"

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that he took me step by step through creating a podcast.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

I will remember most of the information given about good ideas for helping to produce a podcast.

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Trent

Calgary, AB, Canada

15/08/13

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"UNBELIEVABLE VALUE!!"

If you could sum up Podcast Launch in three words, what would they be?

Value! Value! Value!

Any additional comments?

Wow! John answered all of my questions in less than an hour. To search online for this information would have taken weeks. Plus, John packs his step-by-step guide full of great tips, actionable advice and insights along the way - things I would never have thought of. Easily worth 10x the purchase price!

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George R. Murray

Boise, ID USA

28/07/13

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"Comprehensive, Concise and Very Inspiring"

What made the experience of listening to Podcast Launch the most enjoyable?

There are many options for Podcast How-To guides but after listening to "Entrepreneur on Fire" creator John Dumas lay out his step-by-step approach, I felt I made the right choice by selecting his audiobook. At just over an hour, Dumas provides busy listeners with a wealth of hard-won knowledge on this subject in an economical--but impassioned--manner that will leave a reader/listener with a confidence and eagerness to say, "Okay, let's start this thing NOW!" His enthusiasm, humility and expertise--not to mention the authority that comes from backing up everything he says with his own results--make this a very compelling guide to jumping into the unknown and intimidating waters of the podcast. Between the book and his online tutorials, you'll be swimming from the get-go.

What about John Lee Dumas’s performance did you like?

As a frequent Audible.com customer, I've come to appreciate hearing these books through the voices of professional readers, but made an exception in this case because it was fun to hear how excited he is about this topic.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from Podcast Launch?

Since he wrote this book with a pronounced economy of words, there was nothing superfluous here. Having said that, he wouldn't have added any of his How-To steps unless each was important, if not critical. Therefore, I'll follow his suggestions to the letter.

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Mark7019

16/07/16

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"Good foundation but...."

The structure of the audiobook is great but you are directed to view videos to get the full effect of this book; therefore, it is not a standalone resource.

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N. Maldonado

Philadelphia, PA

28/06/16

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"Great starting point"

John Lee is the best. Enthusiastic and knowledgeable with tons of actionable nuggets I look forward to implementing for my podcast. Thank you, JLD

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Marvin

07/06/16

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"Helped me so much"

I had no Idea how to even begin my Podcast but with the help of this book I was able to go from concept to reality with the Fit Pro Podcast !!!

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Jia

30/05/16

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"Definitely a huge help"

What did you love best about Podcast Launch?

This is my first time listening to John Dumas and I absolutely love his voice. In addition to that, I felt that he gave a LOT of great information without overwhelming his listener with too much information. A lot of books on "how to's" have a tendency to give way too much information, and this has the ability to intimidate one who may have initially had interests in what was being offered. Great balance, short and to the point, but still packed with enough great information.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Podcast Launch?

The guide really is a true step by step from start to finish.

Which character – as performed by John Lee Dumas – was your favorite?

not applicable

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I appreciated him offering links back to his website where I could reference various things discussed throughout the audiobook.

Any additional comments?

Very appreciative of this. I'm very confident now in going out and creating my own (even though it will not be of a similar vein to his).

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William

Peoria, IL

13/04/16

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"Just what I need"

I've been thinking about starting a podcast and needed help on where to get started. I got some tips from other podcasters but nothing like what I got from Launch. I'm so glad I have not taken action yet. I feel much more confident moving forward.

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